The beginning itself sounded the change-in-fortune theme that would go well with today's match, as far as we are concerned. We lost the toss and were forced to field, but we had only nine players at that time, Ramakrishnan still missing. The opposition then graciously let us bat first. I got to play today. And our opposition were the team who beat us last time.
With only 10 players in toto, we started off poorly. Dozer got out very early but Ram on the other hand was looking good for the finish. We have a habit of getting a better batsman run out, which happened again to Ram. Anand in his comeback innings didn't look out of sorts and played a good hand. We brought-in Siva for today's match to replace Vicky, since Vicky had to work today, and he showed his all-round ability by getting quick runs and taking at least three wickets, he was the pick of the bowlers. Kaipilla and Sridhar got out cheaply. Ramakrishnan and Mani did not last long. Idli was the last guy to get out. I played last in today's game and I scored a run-a-ball three runs, which I consider as not bad. We ended up getting 62 runs with 4 balls to spare thanks mainly to Ram and Siva, but probably the opposition letting go of at least 5 catches also helped the matter.
We got off to an excellent start bowling second. The opposition were reeling under 17 for 4 in 4 overs. We let go off the momentum after that and we ended up losing by 3 wickets with 10 balls still remaining. We all thought that we were gonna win today, but it was not to be. We have to blame ourselves for the lacklustre bowling after the initial burst. I personally felt that we didn't try any other bowlers except the minimum four viz. Mani, Siva, Sridhar and Ramakrishnan.
Next game should have a different result.
Since I was playing, and umpiring for the better half of our batting, and also because my friends had no clue or interest about photography (even if its just amateurish) I got only four pics and those were just initial shots, but here it goes anyway.
With only 10 players in toto, we started off poorly. Dozer got out very early but Ram on the other hand was looking good for the finish. We have a habit of getting a better batsman run out, which happened again to Ram. Anand in his comeback innings didn't look out of sorts and played a good hand. We brought-in Siva for today's match to replace Vicky, since Vicky had to work today, and he showed his all-round ability by getting quick runs and taking at least three wickets, he was the pick of the bowlers. Kaipilla and Sridhar got out cheaply. Ramakrishnan and Mani did not last long. Idli was the last guy to get out. I played last in today's game and I scored a run-a-ball three runs, which I consider as not bad. We ended up getting 62 runs with 4 balls to spare thanks mainly to Ram and Siva, but probably the opposition letting go of at least 5 catches also helped the matter.
We got off to an excellent start bowling second. The opposition were reeling under 17 for 4 in 4 overs. We let go off the momentum after that and we ended up losing by 3 wickets with 10 balls still remaining. We all thought that we were gonna win today, but it was not to be. We have to blame ourselves for the lacklustre bowling after the initial burst. I personally felt that we didn't try any other bowlers except the minimum four viz. Mani, Siva, Sridhar and Ramakrishnan.
Next game should have a different result.
Since I was playing, and umpiring for the better half of our batting, and also because my friends had no clue or interest about photography (even if its just amateurish) I got only four pics and those were just initial shots, but here it goes anyway.
For the record, Ram missed that shot :-)
That is Dozer getting ready to get out :-p
Anand (right) and Sri are awe struck by our batting prowess 
Ram getting ready to face the music
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